Chorrord Ishkanutyun: European tourist ‘held hostage’ by Russians in Armenian village

Security guards of a Russian-owned gold mine in the village Sotk (Gegharkunik region) are known to have recently arrested a European tourist who had reached there from Nagorno-Karabakh’s village of Karvachar.

The man was caught at the moment he wanted to put up a tent to spend a night in the village before continuing his trip, the paper says, citing its sources. The tourist is reported to have been held hostage for about eight hours.

He later complained about the Russians’ treatment, insisting that he was kept under arrest by a special instruction of Russian intelligence services.